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Brunton compass, type of precision magnetic compass; Breithaupt compass or Geological compass; Hand compass, any compact magnetic compass capable of one-hand use; Radio direction finder, a tool used in direction finding that coincides with radio communications; An alternative name of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, which used the satellite ...
Renegade is the eleventh studio album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, released in 1981.Though not his first appearance, this was the first album in which keyboard player Darren Wharton was credited as a permanent member, becoming the fifth member of the line-up.
Renegade: The Battle for Jacob's Star, a video game based on Renegade Legion Renegade Software , a games publisher of the 1990s Jak II: Renegade , the second game in the Jak and Daxter series
Direction determination refers to the ways in which a cardinal direction or compass point can be determined in navigation and wayfinding.The most direct method is using a compass (magnetic compass or gyrocompass), but indirect methods exist, based on the Sun path (unaided or by using a watch or sundial), the stars, and satellite navigation.
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A modern military compass, with included sight device for aligning. A compass is a device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation and geographic orientation. It commonly consists of a magnetized needle or other element, such as a compass card or compass rose, which can pivot to align itself with magnetic north.
The original edition had 15,000 words and each successive edition has been larger, [3] with the most recent edition (the eighth) containing 443,000 words. [6] The book is updated regularly and each edition is heralded as a gauge to contemporary terms; but each edition keeps true to the original classifications established by Roget. [2]
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.